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CVE-2025-53816VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE 7zip · Security update for 7zip

Affects SUSE 7zipSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-53816· Medium 5.5

Public exploit available · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 31 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SUSEsuse/7zippkg:rpm/suse/7zipOther threatsAffected
  • =25.01-160000.1.1
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A security update is available in 7zip version 25.01-160000.1.1 for the affected architectures. Users should apply this update to remediate the heap buffer overflow and null pointer dereference vulnerabilities and benefit from improved symbolic link security. No additional vendor advisories indicate further required actions.

Description

This security update for 7zip addresses multiple issues including a heap buffer overflow (CVE-2025-53816) and a null pointer dereference (CVE-2025-53817) that could lead to denial of service. The update also improves symbolic link handling for greater security and introduces a command line switch to bypass default security checks when creating symbolic links. Performance improvements for compression algorithms and archive format support are included as well.

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